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SIMEA <strong>Stato</strong> dell’arte <strong>energetica</strong> <strong>degli</strong> <strong>edifici</strong><br />
1.2.19. ECOTECT<br />
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Doc.No 20100610.SIMEA.MR.03<br />
Versione 1<br />
Complete environmental design tool which couples an<br />
intuitive 3D modelling interface with extensive solar, thermal,<br />
lighting, acoustic and cost analysis functions. ECOTECT is one of<br />
the few tools in which performance analysis is simple, accurate<br />
and most importantly, visually responsive.<br />
ECOTECT is driven by the concept that environmental<br />
design principles are most effectively addressed during the<br />
conceptual stages of design.<br />
Whilst its modelling and analysis capabilities can handle<br />
geometry of any size and complexity, its main advantage is a focus<br />
on feedback at the conceptual building design stages. The intent is to allow designers to take a holistic<br />
approach to the building design process making it easier to create a truly low energy building, rather than<br />
simply size a HVAC system to cope with a less than optimal design. ECOTECT aims to provide designers<br />
with useful performance feedback both interactively and visually. Thus, in addition to standard graph and<br />
table-based reports, analysis results can be mapped over building surfaces or displayed directly within the<br />
spaces that generated them, giving the designer the best chance of understanding exactly how their building<br />
is performing and from that basis make real design improvements. As well as the broad range of internal<br />
calculations that ECOTECT can execute, it also imports/exports to a range of more technical and focused<br />
analysis engines, such as Radiance, EnergyPlus, ESP-r, NIST FDS and others and for general data<br />
import/export facilities, it includes an array of formats suitable for use alongside most leading CAD<br />
programs.<br />
The recent addition of a comprehensive scripting engine that provides direct access to model geometry<br />
and calculation results has made performance based generative design and optimization a very real option for<br />
the environmental engineer/designer who uses ECOTECT. Scripting allows models to be completely<br />
interactive and self-generative, automatically controlling and changing any number of parameters, materials,<br />
zone settings or even geometry during calculations or as the user specifies-and at a more day-to-day level the<br />
scripting functions are excellent for automating the more mundane tasks involved in calculation runs, results<br />
comparison and report creation.<br />
ECOTECT is unique within the field of building analysis in that it is entirely designed and written by<br />
architects and intended mainly for use by architects-although the software is quickly gaining popularity<br />
through the wider environmental building design community.<br />
1.2.19.1. Expertise Required<br />
CAD and environmental design experience useful but not essential. ECOTECT is good at teaching the<br />
novice environmental designer many of the important concepts necessary for efficient building design.<br />
Extensive help file and tutorials provided.<br />
1.2.19.2. Users<br />
Over 2000 individual licenses world wide, taught at approximately 60 universities mainly in Australia,<br />
UK and USA.<br />
1.2.19.3. Audience<br />
Architects, engineers, environmental consultants, building designers, and some owner builders and<br />
enthusiasts.